Parts Search and Reuse

When a manufacturing company reuses an existing part in a new product or an existing product variation, it sets off a chain reaction. Each step in the process to a finished product benefits from lower costs and increased agility. Product design time is reduced. Time spent in tooling is eliminated or drastically reduced. The time needed to document regulatory issues related to the product is eliminated. Inventory, manufacturing support, and quality control issues are limited.

Designers and engineers often need to find reusable parts with various specifications, and make quick decisions whether a new part is necessary or if an existing part can be reused. With just a few clicks, our solution allows users to rapidly identify legacy parts and existing 2D/3D design data. Designers have immediate insight into what has been previously hidden information, scattered in various databases throughout the enterprise.

Users can refine the search process using side-by-side comparisons. When a similar part is found, the user can also analyze important related data including specifications, previous testing and validation, and prior certification work.

Going beyond search

Our Part Search and Reuse search engine makes fast work of searching for part data, but it offers more by introducing a workflow focusing on classification and deduplication of existing parts. This new capability in allows engineering teams to decrease legacy parts, simplifying their parts inventory, and cut stocking costs.

The classification tool provides a global view of all legacy systems, allowing quality and method engineers to build unique clusters of parts based on assembly, project, or by divisions of the company. For each, specific comparison tools specify the reference parts for future projects and also identify parts which can be phased out. Consolidating to one representative part makes it easy to propagate information to all relevant systems. All parts can inherit a family name, making classification of parts by family a quicker method for future part searches.

Deduplication can take place once as all parts are tagged as either a master, an alternative, or obsolete. The results are propagated throughout the system, and can be shared with PDM/ERP systems for efficient stock management. Obsolete and duplicate parts can be removed from the system in an automated fashion.

Rapid access to part data

When parts data becomes easy to find, their reuse in new products becomes much more likely. Choosing part reuse accelerates product development and design delivery, and can lead to significant cost reductions related to material costs, manufacturing set-up, and storage.

Our solution uses highly custom indexing technology to gather into one single repository all information relevant for its users. It automatically updates any file modifications that occur in the related authoring tools. Get immediate visibility into a vast amount of previously hidden data. Users can further refine the search using side-by-side, semantic, and shape comparisons. OnePart also knows to connect to important related documentation such as specifications, testing, validation, and certification.

Part Use and Reuse offers:

Legacy search for parts, assemblies, drawings, and other related information throughout the enterprise;

Innovation by Design

Adaptive Corporation is the leading Digital to Physical Product Lifecycle Company that helps streamline business processes, reduce costs and improve efficiencies for customers who need to bring new products to market. Using a combination of these offerings, the Adaptive team crafts tailored solutions that help our customers shorten development and production cycles throughout product planning, development, manufacturing, and after-market service processes.